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Greyhounds BlogGREYHOUNDS DAILY BLOG . . .
What's Happening with Assumption College Sports Teams MORE GREYHOUND NEWS: former Hound women's basketball aide MIKE ROUX '02 has moved across town to help out with the Holy Cross women's program. He joins another former Greyhound, ANN MC INERNEY '89 on Coach Bill Gibbons staff . . . former Hounds baseball captain PAUL STOCKHAUS '74 passed June 28. "Stock" was an outstanding defensive catcher and won the Desautels Award as the premier senior student-athlete . . . former Hounds baseball standout MIKE DI REDA '09 is now playing in the Italian professional league for Latina and was hitting .366 with 3 homers after 10 games . . . former Hounds hoopster TOM LYONS (1975-78) has been named the head basketball coach at Burlington, MA High . . . Hounds hoop Hall of Famer TOM O'CONNOR '68 had his contract extended for five years as the Athletics Director of George Mason University (June 15) . . . former Greyhounds cross country and track standout CAITLYN CLARK '06was the top female finisher in the Worcester Firefighters Memorial 6K at 21:03 on June 14 . . . former Hound golf standout TOM BARTHOLOMEW '79 was elected to the Board of Directors of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation for a second four-year term. He was also elected to serve as treasurer and will continue as chairman of the Investment Committee and a corporator . . . former hockey standout TOM CONNORS, the right wing on the Ice Dogs "Arlington Connection" line of the early 80s passed away October 29 . . . former Hound baseball/football standout JIM VAIL '84 was inducted into the Saint Peter-Marian High School Hall of Fame November 14 . . . former soccer standout MIKE LABRIE '79 received recognition from the Massachusetts State High School Basketball Coaches Association for his 300th victory as a high school coach, now at Springfield Central High . . . former Hound trackster MATT STARR '04 is in the Mid East for a second tour of duty with the U.S. Army . . . former Hound women's soccer captain HOLLY MC GRATH '07 is now an assistant coach with Clark University . . . former Hounds basketball player ALEX POPP '08 is new to the staff at the Northeast-10 Conference . . . former Hounds lineman DAN BOYLE '04 is the head football coach at North High School in Worcester . . . former Hounds football assistant JIM PISEGNA is the coach at Burncoat High (Worcester) . . . all-Northeast-10 Conference forward COREY DIETHORN (Pittsburgh, PA/Sewickley Academy) is in England these days for both graduate school and a professional hoop career . . . former soccer standout JEFF KING '79 is the new men's soccer coach at Anna Maria College . . . Greyhounds coaching in the 2008 Bay State Games included: MIKE PALADINO '89 (basketball), ILYA NICHOLAS (basketball), CHRIS WIDELO '97 (lacrosse) and TESS WURM '08 (volleyball).
The Greyhound women's basketball team raised over $1,500 in the WBCA "Think Pink" campaign in an effort to raise monies and awareness of breast cancer. Congratulations!
NEW ENGLAND BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME: ANDY LASKA (coach, 1951-67 and athletics director, 1956-86); JOE O'BRIEN '57 (player, 1953-57 coach, 1958-85, Executive Director of the Basketball Hall of Fame, 1985-03); TIM SHEA '72 (player, 1968-72 and now coach, athletics director at Salem State); CHARLIE BIBAUD '55 (player, 1950-52, prep coach, 1952-67); BILL GIBBONS (player, 1954-56, official); JOHN GROCHOWALSKI '75 (player, 1971-75); JAKE JONES '71 (player, 1967-71, NBA, 1971-72); MIKE BOYLAN '73 (player, 1969-73); JOE LANE '60 (player, 1956-60, coach St. John's, 1964-72); KERRY PHAYRE (coach, 1996-present); SERGE DE BARI '71 (player, 1967-71, coach, 1996-99, 05-present); ART BOMENGEN '75 (women's collegiate official); ED HIPPERT '62 (player, 1958-62); FRED BARAKAT '61 (player, 1957-61, coach, 1966-69) and TOM O'CONNOR '68 (player, 1964-68) and present George Mason Athletics Director won the 2004 Pathfinder Award for contributions and the Greyhounds 1970-71 men's basketball team.
GREYHOUNDS GRADUATION RATE BEST IN NORTHEAST-10: in a recently released report of N.C.A.A. Federal Graduation Rates, Assumption College is tied for FIRST among its brethren in the Northeast-10 Conference for the period between 1996-2002. Northeast-10 Conference: 1, ASSUMPTION (89%) . . . 1, Saint Michael's (89%) . . . 3, LeMoyne (87%) . . . 4, Stonehill (86%) . . . 5, Saint Anselm (84%) . . . 6, Pace (77%) . . . 7, Merrimack (75%) . . . 8, Bentley (73%) . . . 9, Southern New Hampshire (71%) . . . 10, Bryant (66%) . . . 11, Saint Rose (62%) . . . 12, Massachusetts Lowell (56%) . . . 13, Franklin Pierce (55%) . . . 14, American International (53%) . . . 15, Southern Connecticut (37%) . . .
KEEPING UP WITH FORMER GREYHOUNDS: former softball pitcher MEG CURTIN '97 is now the field hockey coach at Burncoat High (Worcester, MA) . . . former baseball standout DAN WALSH '96 is the new baseball coach at Centennial High (Frisco, TX) . . . Hounds Hall of Famer TOM O'CONNOR '68, the Vice-President/Athletics Director at George Mason University, was the chairman of the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Selection Committee . . . Hound hoopster PAUL PHILLIPS '76 is in his second stint as Clark University (Worcester, MA) men's basketball coach . . . SEAN CONRAD '84 is the head men's basketball coach at Anna Maria . . . JOHN MILLER '85 is an assistant men's basketball coach at Merrimack College . . . MIKE LABRIE '79 is back to high school coaching as the boy's basketball mentor at Springfield, MA Central High . . . Hound lax player DOUG SMITH '89 has joined The First National Bank of Ipswich as President of its Boston division . . . soccer player MATT WALTON '97 is the girl's tennis coach at Lyme-Old Lyme, CT High School . . . Matt also teaches at Old Saybrook Middle School and coaches the girl's soccer team . . . Hounds' football alum ROBB MC COY '01 is the head football coach at Norton, MA High School . . . Hounds' quarterback/outfielder JAY COSTA '96 is the Director of Athletics at Shrewsbury, MA High School . . . Jay had previously served at Shrewsbury as a coach and guidance counselor . . . Hound golf alum PAUL COUTURE '76 is with the Patriot Financial Group (Worcester, MA) as a senior planner . . . hockey goalie/assistant coach MIKE MYERS '93 is the youth hockey and community relations manager for the Worcester Sharks (AHL) . . . Hound basketball alum JASON CHAVOOR '99 coaches the Holy Name High boy's basketball team . . . and BRIAN ROBINSON '05 plays professionally for Atletico/Slimcei Club de Portugal (POR-Proliga) . . . teammate O MCGEE-SHARP '04 is with the Hawaii Mega Force (ABA RE RO) . . . Hound football alum FRANK GUINTA '93 is the mayor of Manchester, NH . . . hoopster DAN MC KEE '73 is mayor of Cumberland, RI . . . former football standout ANDY QUINN '98 is the football coach at Cohoes, NY High School . . . former rower MATT SISK '01 was appointed by the George Bush Administration to serve as special assistant to GSA (General Services Administration) New England Regional Administrator Dennis Smith and will work in support of the president's management agenda and serve as the public relations resource for the New England Region . . . cross country standout JOE CURTIN '92 was promoted to Associate Vice-President involving investments at Wachovia Securities . . . Hounds' football standout defensive back MARK CAFFERTY '93 joined BIOCOM as Director of Workforce Development. He leads BIOCOM's efforts in implementing a $2.5 million employment and training grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. He came to BIOCOM with more than 12 years experience in connecting youth and adults with careers, most recently as director of strategic alliances for the San Diego Workforce Partnership . . . field hockey captain LAUREN KURSONIS '05 teaches at Northwest Elementary School in Leominster and also coaching with the junior varsity field hockey team at Notre Dame Academy (Worcester) . . . baseball captain ANDY BARLOW '05 is teaching math at the St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School (Braintree, MA) . . . women's hoop captain and 1998 class valedictorian AMY KING was profiled in the Pembroke, MA Mariner on the opening of her new consignment furniture sales store, Home Chic Home . . . softball standout LAURIE DEL GREGO '02 is teaching (and coaching the JV softball team) at The Morgan School (Clinton, CT) . . . she authored a career batting average of .454 with a school-record 271 hits during her stay with the Greyhounds . . . teammate LORI AMICANGELO '02 is teaching and is the assistant softball coach at Trinity Catholic (Newton, MA) . . . Marblehead, MA High School girl's basketball is coached by KRISTEN FOLEY '01. Foley was a four-year starter for the Greyhounds and participated in two NCAA Division II regionals. She began coaching at Central Catholic High and compiled a 44-6 junior varsity record in three years. She is also a sheltered English immersion teacher in Methuen, MA for 5th and 6th grade . . . rowing standout JIM RUTLEDGE (1971-74) is the Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Clean Harbors, Inc. of Braintree, MA . . . the company is among the leading providers of environmental and hazardous waste management services in the nation . . . Jim served as captain for the Greyhounds in both 1973 and 1974 for Coach WALLY HALL '72 . . . MIKE PALADINO '89 (Worcester, MA/Doherty), a men's basketball alum, is the boy's basketball coach at Malden Catholic High School, while PAT DRISCOLL '01 is the baseball coach . . . MIKE WILSON '86, who once rowed for the Greyhounds, was recently named a Senior Vice-President by Comerica Bank in charge of its Wealth & Institutional Sales division in Dallas. TX . . .
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